Admission to bachelor programme

Direct admission

If your diploma is listed here-below, you will need to start up your enrolment application online. You will be required to upload this diploma and its transcripts. You will then be informed by e-mail on how to proceed for enrolment. You need to ensure that you meet the language requirements too.

  • a Belgian degree, for specific diplomas a list is available in Dutch
  • an "European Baccalaureate" issued by a European School
  • an "International Baccalaureate - Diplôme du baccalauréat international" delivered by the International Baccalaureate Office (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • a diploma from the NATO SHAPE-school
  • Germany: "Zeugnis der allgemeinen Hochschulreife/Abitur"
  • France: "Baccalauréat Général", "Baccalauréat Technologique" or "Baccalauréat Professionnel"
  • Luxembourg: "Certificat de Fin d’Etudes secondaires" or "diplôme de Fin d’Etudes secondaires techniques"
  • The Netherlands: "Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs" (VWO)", "Getuigschrift van met goed gevolg afgelegd propedeutisch examen" of "Getuigschrift Propedeuse Hoger Beroepsonderwijs"
  • USA: "High school diploma" + transcript of records, with a minimum of 4APs (Advanced Placements), with an original Apostille seal
  • A foreign diploma declared equivalent by NARIC
  • A foreign university bachelor or master diploma, correctly certified/legalised

Start the application

Apply for admission

If you can be admitted in your own country for the programme of your choice, then you may be admitted at Ghent University for that same programme. You will need to submit a complete application package, which must include one of the following:

Please proceed to How to apply?

Admission exam medicine/dentistry/veterinary medicine

There is an inter-university admission exam in Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine.

If you wish to enrol for Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Dentistry or Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine you will need to bring the official attestation of the admission exam medicine of the Flemish Community (information in Dutch only) that you are ranked, in addition to the above-mentioned documents.

Mandatory positioning tests

Some programs require you to participate in a mandatory positioning test in order to enrol.